But God did not give you a heart to know or eyes to see or ears to hear until this very day.

I learned that on the day that Moshe gave a Torah scroll to the Levi’im—as it is written, “And he gave it to the kohanim, sons of Levi” (Devarim 31:9)—all of Israel came before Moshe and said to him, “Moshe Rabbeinu (our teacher)! We also stood at Sinai and received the Torah and it was given to us! So why are you handing control over it to the people of your tribe? They could say to us in the future, ‘It was not given to you; it was given to us.’”

And Moshe was happy about their request, and about this he said to them, “This very day you have become a people” (Devarim 27:9)—meaning: This very day I understood that you stick to God and want God!